Monsters
This sorceress lives on the island of Aeaea.
Who is Circe?
This primary goddess admires, is often concerned about, and advocates for Odysseus.
Who is Athena?
This is how long Odysseus spent away from Ithaca.
What is 20 years?
"Metis" is a Greek word that refers to exceptional cunning and intellect. In The Odyssey, it is most often associated with this character.
Who is Odysseus?
This figure whom Odysseus meets twice is essentially a giant mouth in the ocean floor.
What is Charybdis?
This goddess keeps Odysseus captive on her island for 7 years.
Who is Calypso?
This god rules the underworld.
Who is Hades?
Along the way home, Odysseus's men were turned into which kind of animals?
What are swine? (Pigs)
Descriptive language that activates a reader's imagination and heightens their engagement with a text.
What is imagery?
Aeolus presents Odysseus with this gift.
What is the bag of winds?
These maidens with beautiful singing voices cause men to steer their ships off course to their deaths.
Who are the Sirens?
This god is out to get Odysseus to avenge his son's injury
Who is Poseidon?
This war predates the entirety of the Odyssey. Odysseus helped to end it with the construction of a large wooden animal.
What is the Trojan War?
This Greek word refers to a divine law in which people are obligated to provide hospitality.
What is xenia?
These two figures provide clues/suggestions tied to what Odysseus will need to do in order to get home.
Who are Tiresias and Circe?
The phrase "caught between a rock and a hard place" is a direct reference to these two figures from the Odyssey.
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
This god delivers the message to Calypso that she must let Odysseus go home.
Who is Hermes?
These are the people whom Odysseus's men attack and plunder, only to be counterattacked soon after.
Who are the Cicones?
This Greek word refers to a longing for one's home.
These people gift Odysseus with a new ship toward the end of his journey.
Who are the Phaeacians?
This is the name of Poseidon's son.
What is Polyphemus?
This god could very well be a hot farmer.
Who is Helios?
This is Odysseus's son who goes on his own journey of sorts to find his father.
Who is Telemachus?
This Greek word is defined as excessive pride or arrogance. Odysseus was arguably guilty of it on a few occasions.
What is hubris?
List three important thematic topics we have observed in The Odyssey.
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